You're not a true audiophile unless...


I can't tell you the number of posts I've seen that start with something like this. Why are some people so anxious to qualify this like it's some sort of title? Being an "audiophile" isn't a concrete or objective thing like the citizenship of the country you were born in or being an MA. It's reflective of your hobby or taste, much like calling yourself a "foodie." Can anyone else chime in with some of the more ridiculous qualifications people have come up with for calling oneself an "audiophile?"

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An oenophile to own the right  to be one must develop his taste  sense and learn about geology, geography, agriculture, chemistry, physiology etc ...

 

An audiophile must study the basic of the related  audio fields which most important one is acoustics ...

 

It could  certainly not necessarily  be someone owning 40 headphones and 35 speakers... Being a collector or a consumer does not define audiophile status no more than owning a  costly wine cave if we could purchase it ...

An audiophile is mostly someone who study , think and experiment about the best way to use any system at any price because acoustics and psycho-acoustics dont change their principles with the gear price scale ...cool